Sunday, November 02, 2003

I've Found It

Welcome to History 2.0

This article is an interesting take on something that hasn't gotten that much attention yet--Amazon's new and remarkable "search within the book" technology. As Steven Levy points out, the digitization of more and more published works makes it easier and easier for researchers to find what they're looking for--and do it fast. For someone who's seeking sources of information for an article or research paper, for example, the search process will be shortened even further than it was by the advent of online periodical databases.

Levy's right: this small step for Amazon is the start of something major for the way we as a culture think about information.

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